To improve Japanese rice production, Keiji Saika introduced Kinmemai Premium in 2016 at Rs 5,490 for 840 grams ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says this year's rice harvest will likely increase by about 660,000 tons from last year. The ...

TOKYO -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

At a farmers market near Tokyo, over a hundred shoppers queued for a chance to scoop up a kilo of rice for just 500 yen ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look after the lush fields at the base of Mount Daisetsu. The pristine snowmelt ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

Japan's near-record rice prices burden consumers as inflation soars. New PM Takaichi must tackle the food cost crisis.

In Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the table. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have forced countries around the world—most recently announced, China—to take a ...

President Donald Trump is warning Japan that it could face higher tariffs on exports to the United States. His complaint? Trump claims that Japan is refusing to buy American-grown rice, despite having ...